History is written by the victors. The victors in daily life tend to be those who live longest.

The freedom fighters in India's long struggle for independence from British rule, or members of the African National Congress, were once classed as terrorists. History, as they say, is written by victors, but history also has many cunning corridors - how much time must elapse before all those tricky side-passages are revealed?

I think I regard any history in quotes, because just like science, we're constantly revising science, we're constantly revising history. There's no question that various victors throughout history have flat out lied about certain events or written themselves into things, and then you come along and you find out that this disproves that.

You are victors, not victims!

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

I believe that history is written by the victors, but what about the vanquished? They also have a story to tell.

After every election, the victors try to define and act on their mandate.

We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the victors do not necessarily win peace.

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

Even victors are by victories undone.

To the victors belong the spoils.

I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.